Receptacle for liquids.



UNITED STATES j Patented May 31, 190,4.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER N. sHEAFE, or LYNN, MAssAcHUsErrs.-

REGEPTACLE Fon LlQulDs.

SPECIFICATIONY'forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,548, dated May 31, 1904.

Application filed October 16, 1903.

To all whom; it may concern:

Beit known that I, WALTER N. SHEAEF, of

' Lynn, county of Essex, -and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Receptacles for Liquids, of which the following Y description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is fa specification, like letters on the drawing' representing `like, parts.

The present invention relates to a receptacle for liquids, and is intended for use where the liquid V,is fed from the receptacle under fluidpressure.

The receptacle embodying the invention is adapted, for example, to be used to contain gasolene for explosive-engines or hydrocar-y bon-burners, the object of the invention being mainly to obviate the waste as well as the danger attendant upon leakage, which is a source of annoyance-with the tanks now commonly in use.

The receptacle embodying the invention comprises a closed chamber provided with an inlet-duct for Huid-pressure projecting upward from the bottom to a point near the top, the said duct also projecting downward beyond the bottom, the downwardly-projecting extension of the duct and the chamber itself being completely inclosed by a supplemental chamber which has atthe bottom a well into which the projecting extension of the duct ex-4 tends. This supplemental chamber is closed except for an inlet for duid-pressure, such as compressed air, which is commonly used, the pressure entering the main chamber through the duct aforesaid, while any liquid which leaks from the main chamber will be collected in the supplemental chamber, the-said liquid accumulating in the well and being forced back into the main chamber by siphonic action.

The main chamber has an outlet at the bottom, which consists of a pipe extending through the wall Vof the supplemental chamber, the opening through which is securely packed, as by a gland surrounding the said pipe. v Y

The drawing is a longitudinal vertical section of a receptacle embodying the invention.

Serial No. 177,330. (No model.)

Z) by means of ribs b2,- fastened to the outer wall of the chamber a.

The chamber a is provided with an outlet c2, shown as apipe screwed into a projection a3, secured upon the outer bottom wall of the chamber c, the said pipeextend ing out through an opening b3 in the Awall of the chamber and being securely packed, as bya gland The chamber a is also provided with an inlet-tube ai, similarly secured to the 'upper wall of the chamber and projectingout through a packinggland at the top of the chamber the said inlet-pipe being also securely packed and provided with an air-tight cover a to prevent leakage of the Huid-pressure used to feed the liquid from the chamber ct.

The chamber is arranged to receive fluidpressure, having an inlet-pipel b which can `be connected to any suitable source of fluidpressiire-such, for example, as an air pump or chamber containing compressed air. The fluid-pressure enters the chamber a; through the pressure-inlet duct, which is shown as a pipe a, which projects upward from the bottom of the chamber a, terminating at a point near thetop thereof, anda pipe a7, which ex' tends below the main lower wall of the chamber and into a well t formed in saidr lower wall. The pressure therefore passes from the chamber Ib'through the said pipes a a7 to the upper portion of the chamber ct, so as to force the liquid out through the outlet-pipe a2, and any liquid which may leak from the main chamber a will be caught by the'supplemental chamber and will accumulate in the well b at the bottom thereof, it being 0bvious that as soon as the surface of the liquid has risen to a point above the inlet end of the pipe 057 it will be forced back into the chamber co by the pressure.

The invention is particularly useful in connection with automobiles or boats, either steam or gasolene, where explosions frequently take place on account of the slow leakage of gasolene from the storage-tanks.

The outer chamber b is of `course made as tight as possible; but even if said outer chamber should leak slightly in places very little of the liquid would escape, since any liquid in said receptacle would tend to accumulate in the well b, whence it would be forced back into the main chamber a.

For convenience in construction the pipes a6 a7 are shown as screwed, respectively, into lugs a6 and a7", riveted or otherwise secured to the lower wall of the chamber a at opposite sides thereof. One end of the chamber b is shown as flanged, the wall at said end being similarly flanged, so that it can be fastened on, as by bolts a7 with an interposed gasket t, after the inner chamber has been placed in position. The well portion of the outer chamber, furthermore, is shown as formed with a detachable cap, so that the pipe a7 can be screwedv into place after the inner chamber has'been placed in position and the cap then screwed or otherwise fastened to complete the outer chamber.

So far as relates to details of construction, however, it is obvious that modifications may be made without departing` from the invention.

I claim- A receptacle for Huid under pressure comprising a main chamber to contain the liquid, said main chamber having a pressure-inlet comprising a duet, the inlet end of which projects belovi7 the bottom of said chamber, while the outlet end projects upward in said chamber; a supplemental chamber surrounding said main chamber, said supplemental chamber being provided with an inlet for Huid under pressure; and a well projecting downward from the bottom of said supplemental chamber to contain the inlet end of the pressureinlet duct to the main chamber.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER N. SHEAFF.

Witnesses:

NANCY P. FORD, HENRY J LIvERMoRn. 

